Slain Officer Peter Figoski laid to rest

Three of slain Officer Peter Figoski’s daughters staind outside the Boyd Funeral Home in Long Island. Today Figoski’s four daughters, family, friends and thousands of officers will say their final goodbye to the decorated officeri who was killed in the line of duty a week ago, as he responded to an armed robbery in Cypress Hills.

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In a statement read aloud inside St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Babylon by family friend Juan Mendez, Figoski’s four daughters wrote: “We now feel connected to a side of our dad we rarely saw at home. He always put us first.”

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Figoski’s ex-wife Pauline, his parents and his four daughters, attend funeral services today.

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Thousands of police officers crowd the streets for the funeral of Officer Peter Figoski as police helicopters fly overhead.

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Marry Anne Figoski, right, the mother of slain New York City Police Officer Peter Figoski, and Pauline Figoski, left, his former wife, hold the American flag that draped Figoski’s casket outside St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Babylon.

Before the moving ceremony, Figoski’s fellow cops also recalled him as a wonderful police officer and family man.

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“I knew him 21 years. My entire career we worked side-by-side,” said Officer Brenda Ramos, who worked with Figoski at the 75th Precinct station house. “We’re all very saddened and hurt by this.”

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Officer Brenda Ramos, who worked with Figoski at the 75th Precinct station house, said Figoski, a 22-year NYPD veteran, always “had a smile” on his face — no matter what was going on. “Always,” she said. “I’m sure he had bad days, but we never knew about those bad days. It’s not going to be the same [without him].”

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Figoski’s ex-wife Pauline said, “I want to say how blessed we were to have four beautiful daughters. Within them they carry your wonderful vibrance, your sense of humor, your bravery, your courage and powerful strength. You have touched the lives of so many. God bless you, Peter. May you hold my father’s hand in heaven and watch over our children. I promise to do my best to take care of them always.”

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Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and law enforcement officials from as far as Chicago and Baltimore showed up to remember Figoski. “Pete always had a smile on his face that reminded you in the toughest moments that all’s OK with the world — strong, dependable, solid as a rock, Pete had the knowledge and know-how that only came from years on the job,” the mayor said during his eulogy.

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Rep. Peter King at Figoski’s funeral. Figoski’s four daughters wrote in a statement: “We will forever remember the memories with our dad and our loving family. Our father would be so honored and so proud by all of this, and is forever in our hearts. It is said when a hero falls an angel rises. Rest in peace Daddy.”

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“Today we remember how Pete Figoski lived and his enthusiasm for his family, for his friends,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. “Pete could always be counted on to defend the weak from the strong and to fight for what was right.”

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Figoski, a father of four daughters, was remembered as a dedicated dad and police officer. The hero cop’s distraught daughters sat in the front row, just feet from their dad’s coffin, while others remembered his bravery and dedication.

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“Peter Figoski will be entering the gates of heaven today,” Father Brian Jordan, who works as an NYPD community liaison, told reporters outside the church. “One day, his four daughters will be reunited with Peter in heaven. They will be together and those Sunday spaghetti dinners will continue.”